Single-dose vs multiple-dose antibiotic prophylaxis in instrumented lumbar fusion-a prospective study

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-627

  Hellbusch, Leslie C ^a   Helzer Julin, Michele ^a   Doran, Stephen E ^a   Leibrock, Lyal G ^a   Long, Douglas J ^a   Puccioni, Mark J ^a   Thorell, William E ^a   Treves, John S ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Infection rate; Lumbar spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949088040     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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